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Connections~Verbindungen
Irish-German Perspectives through Etching
When artist Gerhardt Gallagher discovered etchings by his German grandmother Margarethe, whose career was disrupted by war, it led to an exhibition and this book. This volume connects Irish and German cultures through the work of two artists and a family history.
When artist Gerhardt Gallagher discovered etchings by his German grandmother Margarethe, whose career was disrupted by war, it led to an exhibition and this book. This volume connects Irish and German cultures through the work of two artists and a family history.
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Wit’s End
Making Sense of the Great Movies
This book studies the “Great Movies,” the enduring works of cinematic history. It attempts to “make sense” of these films to understand what they express about the universality of human life and the worlds they recreate on screen.
This book studies the “Great Movies,” the enduring works of cinematic history. It attempts to “make sense” of these films to understand what they express about the universality of human life and the worlds they recreate on screen.
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Images of Conflict
Military Aerial Photography and Archaeology
Striking aerial views of war and its scarred landscapes are the focus of this unique book. For the first time, military historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists explore the history and technology of military aerial photography to reassess the landscapes of conflict.
Striking aerial views of war and its scarred landscapes are the focus of this unique book. For the first time, military historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists explore the history and technology of military aerial photography to reassess the landscapes of conflict.
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The Silk Road of Adaptation
Transformations across Disciplines and Cultures
Using the Silk Road as a metaphor for transcultural exchange, this anthology presents adaptation as a continuous process. Essays from diverse disciplines show how adaptation is a transmedial and transnational act with psychological as well as political significance.
Using the Silk Road as a metaphor for transcultural exchange, this anthology presents adaptation as a continuous process. Essays from diverse disciplines show how adaptation is a transmedial and transnational act with psychological as well as political significance.
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Songs of Innocence and Experience
Romance in the Cinema of Frank Capra
This book offers insight into Frank Capra’s multidimensional romantic universe. It demonstrates how his films fit the genre of romance by interpreting them as paradisal, purgatorial, and infernal comedies, as inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy.
This book offers insight into Frank Capra’s multidimensional romantic universe. It demonstrates how his films fit the genre of romance by interpreting them as paradisal, purgatorial, and infernal comedies, as inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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New Wests and Post-Wests
Literature and Film of the American West
This collection offers critical approaches to an American West that never was—a mythic space, not a geographical place. New scholarship explores multiple "New Wests" in film and literature, moving beyond traditional views with unique international perspectives.
This collection offers critical approaches to an American West that never was—a mythic space, not a geographical place. New scholarship explores multiple “New Wests” in film and literature, moving beyond traditional views with unique international perspectives.
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Quantum Theatre
Science and Contemporary Performance
Quantum Theatre uses quantum mechanics to construct a framework for examining performance. This pioneering analysis reveals hidden aspects of the theatrical event, providing a coherent alternative to postmodernism as a theoretical framework for performance.
Quantum Theatre uses quantum mechanics to construct a framework for examining performance. This pioneering analysis reveals hidden aspects of the theatrical event, providing a coherent alternative to postmodernism as a theoretical framework for performance.
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This wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in feminist film theory, offering close analyses of films from Hitchcock to 21st-century horror. Praised as a “splendid contribution,” it lends readers ‘new eyes’. “Should be required reading for students and scholars.”
This wide-ranging collection breaks new ground in feminist film theory, offering close analyses of films from Hitchcock to 21st-century horror. Praised as a “splendid contribution,” it lends readers ‘new eyes’. “Should be required reading for students and scholars.”
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Images of the City takes readers on a journey through urban landscapes across centuries and borders. These essays offer a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the city, providing essential reading for cityphiles everywhere.
Images of the City takes readers on a journey through urban landscapes across centuries and borders. These essays offer a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the city, providing essential reading for cityphiles everywhere.
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Alienation and Resistance
Representation in Text and Image
This collection examines representations of alienation and resistance across diverse media. Essays explore these themes in everything from 16th-century drama to modern comics and film, asking: what are the roles, forms, and conditions of these forces in our culture?
This collection examines representations of alienation and resistance across diverse media. Essays explore these themes in everything from 16th-century drama to modern comics and film, asking: what are the roles, forms, and conditions of these forces in our culture?
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Art and Identity
Visual Culture, Politics and Religion in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
This book explores European visual culture from the 13th to 17th centuries as a product of patronage, politics, and religion. It offers new perspectives on how art constructed identities and projected values, revealing the interaction between artists, patrons, and viewers.
This book explores European visual culture from the 13th to 17th centuries as a product of patronage, politics, and religion. It offers new perspectives on how art constructed identities and projected values, revealing the interaction between artists, patrons, and viewers.
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Authenticity and Legitimacy in Minority Theatre
Constructing Identity
For ethno-cultural minorities, theatre is a vital space to denounce injustice, explore past trauma, and forge new identities. But should it seek mainstream visibility or remain on the margins to assert its cultural authenticity? This volume tackles these questions.
For ethno-cultural minorities, theatre is a vital space to denounce injustice, explore past trauma, and forge new identities. But should it seek mainstream visibility or remain on the margins to assert its cultural authenticity? This volume tackles these questions.
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PostGender
Gender, Sexuality and Performativity in Japanese Culture
A collection of articles by leading researchers on gender, sexuality, and performativity in Japanese culture. This volume considers representations of the body across contemporary art, manga, photography, and performance art.
A collection of articles by leading researchers on gender, sexuality, and performativity in Japanese culture. This volume considers representations of the body across contemporary art, manga, photography, and performance art.
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The Legacy of Antiquity
New Perspectives in the Reception of the Classical World
This collection of essays explores the uses of the past from a wide range of perspectives. Drawn from medieval to modern times, it presents new perspectives on the constant fascination with the antique, opening the way for future research.
This collection of essays explores the uses of the past from a wide range of perspectives. Drawn from medieval to modern times, it presents new perspectives on the constant fascination with the antique, opening the way for future research.
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Winckelmann’s “Philosophy of Art”
A Prelude to German Classicism
This work examines Johann Joachim Winckelmann's pivotal role as a judge of classical sculpture and founder of German art criticism. It explores his philosophy of beauty while revealing how his judgements were often propagandist rather than analytical.
This work examines Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s pivotal role as a judge of classical sculpture and founder of German art criticism. It explores his philosophy of beauty while revealing how his judgements were often propagandist rather than analytical.
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Social Realism
Art, Nationhood and Politics
This book presents a radical reappraisal of British social realism, arguing it is a distinctive art cinema. Through analysis of key figures from Ken Loach and Mike Leigh to Andrea Arnold, it reassesses this most British of cinematic traditions.
This book presents a radical reappraisal of British social realism, arguing it is a distinctive art cinema. Through analysis of key figures from Ken Loach and Mike Leigh to Andrea Arnold, it reassesses this most British of cinematic traditions.
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The Public’s Open to Us All
Essays on Women and Performance in Eighteenth-Century England
These essays explore how women in 18th-century England used performance to negotiate the public world. As the first actresses, playwrights, and entrepreneurs emerged, they redefined femininity, challenged traditional roles, and shaped cultural imagination.
These essays explore how women in 18th-century England used performance to negotiate the public world. As the first actresses, playwrights, and entrepreneurs emerged, they redefined femininity, challenged traditional roles, and shaped cultural imagination.
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A philosopher and artist analyzes the clash between government funding and censorship. Combining philosophical analysis with interviews with censored artists, this book reveals why freedom of expression is vital for a society to be both stimulating and safe.
A philosopher and artist analyzes the clash between government funding and censorship. Combining philosophical analysis with interviews with censored artists, this book reveals why freedom of expression is vital for a society to be both stimulating and safe.
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The essays in this volume explore the relationship between human consciousness and the arts, including theatre, literature, film, and music. This collection reflects a wide range of international disciplines and highlights the growing interest in consciousness studies.
The essays in this volume explore the relationship between human consciousness and the arts, including theatre, literature, film, and music. This collection reflects a wide range of international disciplines and highlights the growing interest in consciousness studies.
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Cinema and Evil
Moral Complexities and the “Dangerous” Film
This book explores films that address the problem of evil, drawing on thinkers from Manicheanism to Arendt. It considers how filmmakers like Fritz Lang and Michael Haneke use “dangerous” films to task us with considering evil as our own responsibility.
This book explores films that address the problem of evil, drawing on thinkers from Manicheanism to Arendt. It considers how filmmakers like Fritz Lang and Michael Haneke use “dangerous” films to task us with considering evil as our own responsibility.
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